Reel Rumble Podcast

What makes camp, camp? What is the best campy musical? In part one of this two part series, Jazeen and Stuart try really, really hard to answer these questions so some success maybe, sort of? They watched Rocky Horror Picture Show and Little Shop of Horrors for this rumble and chatted about things like Steve Martin's ability to act like a total butt, they're love of Tim Curry, and how practical effects are just better.

Which one of these movies is more fun and why? Stuart and Jazeen get ranty, they get mad, they cannot believe one of these things got made. Clue, based on the board game, focuses on a mysterious dinner party full of mysterious guests in a mysterious mansion. All being blackmailed, the dinner guests are given a weapon, a candlestick, a knife, a gun, and so forth. They’re faced with a choice — kill the butler, leave quietly and remain the victims of blackmail with their secrets intact or kill the blackmailer and all of their informants. When people start dropping like flies, the dinner guests split up and search the house for the murderer before the police arrive.  In Murder by Death, a group of world-famous detectives, the best of the best, are invited to the large house of a very rich and powerful man and are challenged to solve a murder. The winner gets a million dollars. When the wrong person is murdered instead, the plot thickens and the detectives must solve the case before time is up.

Stuart and Jazeen talk about how stories should have a central question that gets us invested, why having a symbol in a movie isn’t enough to make Stuart care, how to make Pulse 10% better (there's no saving Dark Water) and how Jazeen went from a lover of J Horror to not. Pulse centres around three disconnected storylines trying to figure out why in the heck people in Toyko keep disappearing. Apparently, the internet has become a breeding ground of malevolent spirits that just want a friend. They’re lonely. Super lonely. Even the living are super lonely. We all lonely.  In Dark Water, newly divorced and unstable Yoshimi must fight for the custody and care of her daughter while trying to piece her life back together. Her and her daughter move into an apartment building with some really bad water leakage problems and are quickly haunted by the ghost of a little girl. 

Stuart and Jazeen talk about the charisma and talent and skill of Philip Seymour Hoffman. FAN GIRLZ! They talk the wacky film editing choices made in the early 2000s, Marisa Tomei's addiction to biting her lip, Stuart's hatred of title cards, Jazeen's hatred of musical mofits that are so on the nose they're annoying and Stuart's hatred of directors who think they're clever and want you to know they're clever. In Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, a well constructed melodrama, Andy (Hoffman) is a debt-ridden broker. He needs some cash to escape to Brazil with his wife. He ropes his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke), into robbing their parent’s jewelry store. When the robbery ends in devastation, Andy’s father takes justice into his own hands and hunts down the killers.  In Punch Drunk Love, timid and shy Barry played by Adam Sandler is prone to violent outbursts and is leading a rather lonely life under the berating of his seven sisters. Then, he falls in love. That love is

Stuart and Jazeen chat about up and coming director Jane Shoenbrun's only existing films (to date). Unnerving, fresh and very pink and purple, "We're All Going to the World's Fair" and "I Saw the TV Glow" are two films to watch if you love Lynch, Cronenberg, themes of isolation, media, and coming-of-age. We talk about how there are maybe too many endings but we're not mad about it, how these films get creepy with relationships to screens and holy shit those dad characters are scary.

We chat about how Furiosa would be absolutely mind-blowing... If Fury Road didn't already exist. But it does. We talk about missed story and character opportunities with Furiosa, how Fury Road is the best action movie ever made (maybe) and what if Wes Anderson remade Fury Road? Quick. We have to save the brides. What if, indeed.

I am excited to talk to my childhood friend and business lady extraordinaire, Sarah Todd. She chose The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) which still freaking holds up. We talk about how hobbit doors are very impractical, how Gandalf is straight blazin' 24/7, and how we think Sauron is just a hurt little boy that needs a hug.  Follow Reel Rumble: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/ Do you like what you hear? Please rate/review and share the podcast. Spread the love of friendship and cinema. 

This episode I'm joined by Natalie Shore — the guitar shredding, lovely human being and half of London, Ontario's dopest rock duo, Hot Soda. Natalie chose a little short film called Harvie Krumpet (link below to watch) that packs a punch right in the feelings. We chat about how creepy claymation is, how everyday is magical and of course, the band and their debut single "Bubblegum."  Watch Harvie Krumpet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BFotjO1leY&ab_channel=KYBATV Follow ReelRumble: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/ Follow Hot Soda: https://www.instagram.com/hotsodaband/ Listen to their debut single "Bubblegum" https://open.spotify.com/album/0PTwZeID5hkzFxJHOjGnlT  

In this episode I'm joined by some pals from a screenwriting class I took back in 2018 — Lance, Quinn and Shahin. Lance chose this flick, War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), and we chat about everything from the incredible CGI work by Weta, the moral dilemmas in this movie and why I don't like kid characters in films.  You can find Lance's cinematography/writing and films at https://lancegoosen.blogspot.com/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lance_goosen/  

Joe Smith is an assistant production coordinator for such streaming shows as 'Sex Life' and 'Designated Survivor' and takes me down memory lane with his pick - UHF. We talk Weird Al's career, the brilliance of Spatula City, and what makes this film so important to Joe.    Follow Reel Rumble for news and updates https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/

Business developer at PurpleDOG Post, Keshia Saldanha, gives the rundown on the melodrama that doesn't quite hit its mark: House of Gucci (2021). We chat about the book, Ridley Scott's varied career, purposeless sex scenes, Italians and why Jared Leto should stop messing with his beautiful face.  Follow Reel Rumble on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReelRumble Follow Reel Rumble on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/ Email: reelrumble@gmail.com Thanks for listening! If you like what you hear give the show a 5-star review and a follow.  Music by Jim Kelly. Artwork by Quinn Doherty.   

This week Jazeen and writer/filmmaker Josiah Crocker fangirl hard over his pick of flick, Riders of Justice (2020). It's a Danish film starring Mads Mikkelsen with a majestic beard, unholy anger problems and a revenge complex. He's joined by three mega-nerds to take down a gang who may or may not be responsible for his wife's death. Jo and Jazeen talk about how the film navigates fatherhood, grief, trauma, chance and the fact that Mikkelsen bashed his head into a mirror. For realsies.  Josiah Crocker writing + podcast: www.badbearwriter.com Reel Rumble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/ Reel Rumble Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReelRumble Email: reelrumble@gmail.com

In this special double bill episode Jazeen is joined by reoccurring guest and master of sound Jim Kelly to chat about Ridley Scott's atmospheric horror classic with the drips and chains and the James Cameron sequel with the quips and the Newts. Both Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) have been dubbed horror/sci-fi classics and are both solid films in their own right. We chat sound, we chat director's cut vs theatrical release and of course we chat xenomorphs.  Jim Kelly https://www.keljams.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReelRumble Email: reelrumble@gmail.com

History of the World Part 1 written/directed by Mel Brooks is a very silly film indeed. But with any good comedy, there's always a bit more going on under the hood. Musician, comic, teacher Josh Mover chose this childhood favourite that seems to be following him around. After seeing it a million times, he's got some thoughts. We chat musical numbers, we chat old comedy legends and we chat good-bad movies. Would Mel Brooks be a Tik-Tok comedian today?   You can find Josh Mover's music and comedy at www.joshmover.com    Reel Rumble Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReelRumble Reel Rumble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/ Email: reelrumble@gmail.com  

This episode is just as juicy as Imhotep. We talk about how some indecent exposure happened on the set of The Mummy. Why the guest this week, entrepreneur Josh Hollings, is afraid of earwigs and how The Mummy made that fear worse. I'm talking scarabs ya'll. How nobody appreciates a good scare anymore and why Benny is the real villain of the movie.   For behind the scenes and other fun stuff: Follow the podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReelRumble Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrumble/ If you have a movie you'd like to talk about: email reelrumble@gmail.com and let's get you on as a guest.   

Having just finished watching 'Squid Game' on Netflix, Jazeen wanted to share her thoughts in this short-form podcast segment. Bright aesthetics covered in blood with a commentary on society, 'Squid Game' is both unsettling and mesmerizing. 

We talk to comedian/writer Steph Marie about her movie of choice - Cabin in the Woods. A horror/comedy flick that has some great quippy lines, a twist ending and like any decent horror movie, says something about something. 

In this month's rumble Jazeen and Jim compare two heavyweight horror/sci-fi flicks Alien and The Thing. Buckle up nerds it's about to get bumpy. They discuss practical effects, visceral vs psychological horror, Kurt Russell's blue jeans, and tape delays. 

Whew, that title is a mouthful. But what's more impressive is the dreamlike visuals and practical effects of this romantic science fiction comedy-drama film starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, underwear stealing Elijah Wood, pot smoking Kirsten Dunst and a Rivers Cuomo look-alike Mark Ruffalo. 

Nicholas Cage is a National Treasure. I mean, is in National Treasure. Angelina Jolie is in Tomb Raider. We compare these two over the top treasure hunter movies to determine which one is the best at raiding tombs and kicking ass. We were gonna do National Treasure vs Indiana Jones but let's be real, everybody knows who would have won... National Treasure? Anybody?